Learning at Home

I came across an article via my Facebook feed last week that was titled, “How Not to Teach Your Children the Bible.” I wasn’t able to read it right then, but because of the source of the article and the friend who had shared it, I knew I would want to read it later, so…

Living in an apartment complex means we can’t plant our favorite garden vegetables in the ground, but my kids LOVE gardening (and it provides so many great learning opportunities), so we’re growing a garden in containers on our balcony this year. If you’re new to container gardening, here are the top ten plants that grow…

Happy National Cereal Day!! I was browsing my Instagram feed this morning and discovered it was National Cereal Day, and when a certain toddler/preschooler needed an activity to do this morning (so that he didn’t destroy my house), I decided it would be fun to do a cereal-themed project: Fruit Loop Necklaces. When I told…

We love Dr. Seuss at our house, and we’re excited to celebrate his birthday in a few weeks (March 2nd). Today we’re making a list of some of our favorite Dr. Seuss books and corresponding crafts, recipes, and activities to help us get ready for a full day of fun on his birthday! Related: Dr…

My kids love LEGOs. And when I say “love,” I mean they LOVE LEGOs. We have several totes FULL of LEGOs, LEGO movies, and of course, LEGO books. When we lived in Indiana, our library provided us with an awesome list of the LEGO books for kids they had available, and we spent many hours…

You know how much we love a good themed book list around here, and we are excited to create a list of books for kids about Valentine’s Day! I think Chris and I will be headed to the library early next week to try and find a bunch of these books to read together. Related:…

Playing with Perler Beads can become very addicting very quickly as we discovered when we spent a snowy day creating winter themed Perler Beads patterns! Since it was such a great family-togetherness activity, we decided to spend another afternoon creating Perler Beads patterns, this time with a Valentines theme – hearts, love, and friendship were…

When I was a kid, I loved creating fused bead creations with Perler Beads, but it was always an activity I did at a friend’s house as we didn’t have the kits to do them at home. I’m not sure if that’s why it was such a special activity for me, but I do remember…

The snow has arrived in Michigan, and my kids are itching to do crafts and activities with a winter theme. We’ve made a list of snowy books for kids, and today we’re creating our own Perler Beads patterns. But before we got started, we searched Pinterest for some inspiration. Here are a few of our…

The snow has finally arrived in Michigan, and I’m excited to dig out some books about snow to read together with my kids. Here’s a list of a few of the books we’ll be looking to enjoy reading together! Related: Best Books for Kids Snowy Books for Kids No Two Alike From bestselling author-illustrator Keith…